Important: thunderbird security update. Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:44:31 -0000 Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@ Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Scott Reid Subject: Security ERRATA Important: thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:1985-1 Issue Date: 2016-10-03 CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-5257 -- This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 45.4.0. Security Fix(es): * Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2016-5257) -- SL5 x86_64 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm i386 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SL6 x86_64 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el6_8.x86_64.rpm i386 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SL7 x86_64 thunderbird-45.4.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-45.4.0-1.el7_2.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Recent vulnerabilities in Thunderbird for Scientific Linux require users to promptly apply updates to prevent remote code execution and safeguard their systems. Thunderbird Security Update, Scientific Linux 5, Scientific Linux 6, Code Execution Risk, Security Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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